TO IRON OR NOT TO IRON…..

Ever go to the closet to get just what you want to wear

and then… what???….the article has been jammed in there and

it is so wrinkly it looks terrrible! You reallly want to wear

it but you think.. well I could wear something else.. do I really

have time to drag out the ironing board and iron??

Sounds like a TV commercial doesn’t it? Well today

I saw this commercial for a clothing steamer. One that

is portable and you steam clothes with it instead of

ironing . Now If I wore dress clothes or a suit of clothes

or uniform it is supposed to help me SAVE 100′s of

dollars!  For the average JANE OR JOE.. would they benefit

though?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU IRONED SOMETHING

TO WEAR IT SOMEPLACE???

Reason I ask is…. Most articles of clothing now-days

are wash and wear or drip dry and no need to do anything

at all. I used to iron on one day of the week at night

while I was watching TV.. all the clothes were pressed

and some even if they didn’t need to be were given a

quick once over. Sounds kinda like MARTHA huh?

Anyway.. I gave it up.mainly because I had no place to

keep the ironing board up, so I would not have to take it

up and down all the time. Ours is at least 50 years old.

A big heavy wooden one, with heavy steel legs on it.

Mom said she got it brand new and it’s the only one she has ever

had. Very sturdy and very heavy. We stopped using it and

use the kitchen table with a towel and a sheet over it when need

be. So much faster you know.. Then we started buying  clothes that

were ”easy care” wash and dry.. good to go type clothes.

The art of ironing is kind of a thing of the past I guess..some

do and some don’t..I think I would do it more if it was more

convenient for me, and not such a HOT chore.. In the summer

with the humidity.. don’t even go there!  

It was something I thought of today when I dragged out two

blouses to wear and both of them were a mess.   TIME

TO CLEAN OUT THE CLOSET!!  

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Hope you have a  great day!!  

FESTIVAL ..PART TWO

I was exhausted last night and could not blog about what went

on and this is why….  The parade went off at 10 and my sister

and her manfriend went ..they came home and he decided to

go to his mother’s to check on her for awhile. As they were

leaving his house SHE SAW FLAMES!! Large ones…from

right behind his house. She called 911 and gave the address

and being Festival day.. oh boy.. they had to call every

officer they could get off the streets of town. Our

fire dept is now mostly police personnel and some

volunteers. She called me and I went right over there.

 

The general alarm was called because the houses and

garages and much brush was back there. She said flames

were as high as her head when she called 911. The people

next door were gone..the people behind his house were gone.

The fire was put out in about a half hour and the

firemen say they suspect arson because there was

a lot of evidence present. One whole smaller building

was lost. Fire is something that scares me so because

it can get way out of hand so quickly. By the time that

things calmed down some, it was afternoon. We left

town, as most people do, to go grocery shopping nowdays,

and tried to not think about what could have happened had

she NOT been home at the time. Too darn scary..

Off to the bridal shower today and then home to

the finish of the Nascar race.. The weather is

gorgeous and mild at least 75 to 80 and what else

could we ask for?..

HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BE GREAT !!